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Bring the family for educational fun at the St. Louis Science Center. Learn about dinosaurs, biology, outer space, and more! Interactive exhibits and attractions include the planetarium, a life science lab, the Discovery Room, and an OMNIMAX theater.

Find some old-school entertainment outdoors and indoors at Swing-A-Round Fun Town. Explore the attractions and race go-karts, make a splash with bumper boats, or go a couple rounds of miniature golf. Craving some technological entertainment? Gamers can hit the arcade.

No state celebrates Mardi Gras harder than Missouri, and the St. Louis Mardi Gras is second only to New Orleans. The party begins on Twelfth Night in January and continues daily (and nightly) until the festivities culminate on Fat Tuesday.